Weltec Group Announces New CEO

Management Structure Weltec Group Announces New CEO

2025-01-28 Source: Press release Weltec Group 1 min Reading Time

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Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch has been appointed as the new CEO of Weltec Holding. He will take over his role from May 1, 2025 and succeeds Jens Albartus.

Starting May 1, 2025, Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the biogas company based in Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany. (Source: Pixabay) — Starting May 1, 2025, Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the biogas company based in Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany.
(Source: Pixabay)

Vechta/Germany – Weltec Holding has recently announced that Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the company as future CEO. Starting May 1, 2025, Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch will join the biogas company based in Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany and the firm together with its shareholders are very much looking forward to welcoming Christian on board.

The company thanks and appreciates Jens Albartus, who will hand over his responsibilities as CEO of Weltec Holding to Dr. Christian Hower-Knobloch at the end of April 2025. Jens Albartus, will focus on Weltec Biopower and a number of other projects within the company. He will remain closely associated with Weltec Holding in an advisory capacity until further notice.

The Weltec Group builds and operates biogas and biomethane plants and markets their products in Germany, including electricity, heat and agricultural fertilizer. To date, the Group and its 170 employees have realized over 400 energy plants in more than 26 countries on five continents. The operators of Weltec plants include companies from the waste and food industries, agriculture and the wastewater sector.

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